i. when i screamed at my father to let me go and let me end my own life i watched his eyes fill with tears and begged me not to leave him with the guilt that he couldn’t save me from the monsters in my head; but before i could grasp any sense of touch the police vans had already surrounded my house and i continued to shake in the corner with my father guarding over me like he did when it was my first week in a crib seventeen years ago, the paramedics rushed in to tell me i had one million reasons to survive but all i could do is find all the detachment i had from the world to scream at them that i didn’ t care and begged them to let me die.
ii. i watched my father cry into the palms of his hands outside the ambulance when they asked me what my pain scale was from one to ten and i told them it was enough to feel like i was already dead.
iii. i went to therapy in your clothes, she watched me cry into the sleeves of your sweatshirt as i begged her to help me get you back, i couldn’t help but glance at her arms that were full of 2 centimetre thick scars carved across her left arm once she opened the door to let me out. she asked me six times to give another example of safety which weren’t involved with anything to do with you.
iv. my nan gave me a bracelet that was red with a bell planted on it, i didn’t understand why until she said red stood for the blood i wanted to see across my wrists and the bell was to jingle whenever i needed her, i don’t think she quite realised how much it broke my heart until my eyes filled up and my head fell into her chest when she swore she wouldn’t let me lose myself the way i did that day.
v. there was a spare seat at the table which couldn’t help but remind me of you and that it should’ve been you sat there not a abundance of nothingness planted beside me. i guess thats the way it’s going to be now but i promise i’ll always keep that space free, i would rather have the nothingness than somebody else taking your place.
titled: things that have happened since the day you left one week ago
sun 15 mar 19:08
